Eurovision Song Contest 2006 was the 51st Contest, hosted in the Olympic Indoor Hall in Athens, Greece on 18 May (for the semi-final) and 20 May 2006 (for the final). The contest got 37 participants. Finland won with "Hard Rock Hallelujah". The contest's theme was "Feel The Rhythm". Armenia entered for the first time in the contest.
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| - Eurovision Song Contest 2006 was the 51st Contest, hosted in the Olympic Indoor Hall in Athens, Greece on 18 May (for the semi-final) and 20 May 2006 (for the final). The contest got 37 participants. Finland won with "Hard Rock Hallelujah". The contest's theme was "Feel The Rhythm". Armenia entered for the first time in the contest.
- The Eurovision Song Contest 2006 was the 51st edition held in Athens, Greece at the OAKA Olympic Arena and was presented by Greek-born American TV personality Maria Menounos and 2004 Eurovision participant Sakis Rouvas. The semi-final was held on 18 May 2006 and the final on 20 May 2006.
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- Final: "The Mermaid Song" performed by Foteini Darra accompanied by Greek dancers; "My Number One" performed by Helena Paparizou
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| - Semi-final: "I'm In Love With You" performed by Sakis Rouvas
- Final: "Mambo!" performed by Helena Paparizou; 4000 Years of Greek Song
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| - Maria Menounos & Sakis Rouvas
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| - Each country awarded 12, 10, 8–1 points to their 10 favourite songs
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| - The Eurovision Song Contest 2006 was the 51st edition held in Athens, Greece at the OAKA Olympic Arena and was presented by Greek-born American TV personality Maria Menounos and 2004 Eurovision participant Sakis Rouvas. The semi-final was held on 18 May 2006 and the final on 20 May 2006. A new system was adopted this year regarding the presentation of each country's votes. Instead of having the individual spokesperson read out every point as done in the past, the scores from 1-7 were shown on screen first, followed by the spokesperson only reading out the top 3 scores of 8, 10 and 12 points. This new system helped shave approximately 40 minutes off the show's running time and has been used ever since. The contest was won by Finland, considered to be the "underachievers" of Eurovision, with the song Hard Rock Hallelujah performed by the group Lordi. It is the first hard rock song to ever win the contest, winning both the semi and the final with the same amount of points. Finland waited a full 45 years for their first victory, eclipsing the previous mark of 31 years set by Greece the year before.
- Eurovision Song Contest 2006 was the 51st Contest, hosted in the Olympic Indoor Hall in Athens, Greece on 18 May (for the semi-final) and 20 May 2006 (for the final). The contest got 37 participants. Finland won with "Hard Rock Hallelujah". The contest's theme was "Feel The Rhythm". Armenia entered for the first time in the contest.
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